Movie Watch - Capricorn One

Joseph Nebus wrote:
If it helps any the stirring historical account of first
contact between an astro-bunny and a Martian is scheduled for Tuesday
on Turner Classic Movies at about 9:20 pm Eastern, rerun at 1:20 am,
along with a whole evening of Chuck Jones Chuck Jonesiness.

I just watched "The Invisible Boy" (most noted for having Robby The
Robot in it in his first post-Forbidden Planet appearance) on TCM for
the first time since I was a kid and was very surprised at how
sophisticated the plot of that movie was.
It's sort of a cross between "Colossus, The Forbin Project" and a Issac
Asimov story, with a touch of BSG thrown in for good measure.
In fact, I'm surprised I could even follow its plot as a kid. For
something that was advertised as a kid's movie, this thing has some
pretty horrifying stuff in it, including one scene where the evil
computer tells the robot to start torturing the kid to get his parents
to do what it wants, beginning by ripping his eyes out.
Of course, the one that really put me clean over the edge as a kid was
"Invaders From Mars", I avoided sand pits for years after that one. :-)

Pat